With characters like Londo Melari and G'kar, how can you not like it? Third space was a good one and answered a few niggling questions for me about the Vorlons, near the end though, when you see the red eyes I couldn't help but think that possibly this was the direction that Kosh's replacement was headed with his fanaticism, or possibly was a tainted that escaped purge. [voice=Londo]Random thoughts I know, but still good. Yes?[/voice]

Did you get all seven movies or just the five pack? If you could the extra double disc movies, one is bleh the second is still good though.

I too am a big fan of B5, Star Trek and even both interations of Battlestar Galactica amongst other sci-fi type series. The relationship between G'Kar and Londo made that series though I enjoyed the political elements greatly as well.

As for posts and losing them. I usually let ideas simmer in my head for a day at least and then start to put them to electrons in a .txt file. Writing that out can sometimes take several days depending on how much there is and how many times I revise it. Then I copy it into a post here and revise it one final time before hitting submit. So fortunatly now I keep everything saved so barring a PC failure (which happened to me last year and I lost a post in progress) I am usually good.

Sith/Bardan: Thanks. The first I still feel was better. But I tried to reproduce it the best I could remember, there were a few turns of phrase I just couldn't recapture and the Rodian's dialogue got mangled as two other's were originally talking as well. They got cut as I couldn't recreate the dialogue to flow right without it merely being an excuse then to point them out. Who knows though, maybe it worked out better this way

Bravo: Let me dig them out. Although to be honest if it weren't for you I never would of gotten so into this show. I had seen it a few times on reruns growing up and had a minor curiosity. And then you mention it favoriably and it grew just enough for me to buy a season for fifteen bucks, luckily I got my mom hooked on it as well so she kept a weathered eye out and bought me a couple more seasons for us to watch together as gifts. Then I kept going out. And was lost to it

There is the spin off Crusader that only got one season before being scrapped and suffered from the company interfearing with it, then there is the movie Legend of the Rangers a must see set in the between times after the shows. Kind of a 'future glance'. The dual movie pack that I was referencing is more like two extra episodes slapped together with the first being more meh with the second being a nice insight. It is called B5: The Lost Tales. So beyond the five pack there is also two 1/2 other movies and an extra spin off season. That I know about anyway.

Voyager was great. Just got done watching Firefly, I know, I'm behind the times, and that was pretty good show. I suppose my sci-fi nerdiness is limited to Star Wars and Star Trek. But hey, I'm willing to experiment.

On Babylon 5, I came across an interesting little crossover with some kids show called Space Cases.

B5 had an episode ending with a teddy bear being jettisoned into space, and sliding down the outside of a Starfury cockpit. In the story, it was part of a merchandising exercise on the station, and had the J S initials of Captain John Sheridan, and he apparently did not take to it.

The bear was, in RL, bought for show creator J L Strazynski by the episode writer's wife, and she wasn't best pleased to see her gift floating away into space.

The writer, Peter David, was working on the above mentioned Space Cases show, about some space academy kids stranded in deep space, and one day they discover this teddy bear floating by, bring it on board, as you do, and while wondering "what kind of monster" could throw a teddy bear into space, discover that the thing is booby trapped!

An alien race called the Strazync are, on a limited budget, attacking other spacefarers.

I was certain that the last "chapter update" had that New Republic exploration mentioning it was going to find Jason Lasso in an Imperial Remnant prison. My mistake.

You are correct about that Sith, yes. But remember, the chapter updates are a foreshadowing of events after the game in 22 ABY. It's the telling of the after effects of what we did in the game now, 0 BBY, and what our legacy was going to looking like in 22 ABY. Basically, the chapter updates give more in-depth details and information about the events now, just from the point of view of 22 ABY.

So, in the chapter updates, I am saying that Jason Lasso is alive. He survives the Intervention storyline. Hence why I need to know, generally speaking, if players and staff think or not their players will be alive in 22 ABY...in some shape or form...if not the physical body...if that makes sense without spoiling a storyline plot I have planned...

I was certain that the last "chapter update" had that New Republic exploration mentioning it was going to find Jason Lasso in an Imperial Remnant prison. My mistake.

You are correct about that Sith, yes. But remember, the chapter updates are a foreshadowing of events after the game in 22 ABY. It's the telling of the after effects of what we did in the game now, 0 BBY, and what our legacy was going to looking like in 22 ABY. Basically, the chapter updates give more in-depth details and information about the events now, just from the point of view of 22 ABY.

It hurts me everyday CPL. It's one of those complex Babylon 4 (the "lost station" in the Babylon 5 series) and Star Trek Voyager (the "Q" character and other time travel based episodes) timeline paradox's.

Nice Lasso post, Bravo, but I wish you had not changed this bit, as I thought it looked good the first time:

"Yes, all those things are true. But he beleived in you," The man said, pointing a finger into Jason's chest, "And the rest of the Mercs to do what he could never do."

"What is that?"

"To join the Icecapades! Kidding! To fight injustice with justice. To fight lies with truth. And to fight darkness with light. Taller could never had done that and he knew it. He was too consumed by his hatred for the Empire. The deaths of the Emperor and Darth Vader would not end his grief and he knew it."

Sonic showers reminded Lasso of the many disadvantages of space travel. With limited space on a star ship, water-based showers were very rarely seen aboard a star ship, except in the rare cases of a high ranking official or captain of the ship.

Jason sat on his bed and thought about what to wear. His main ground combat uniform, was gone, destroyed thanks to the Empire. But back on Watava---located in the Taldot sector of the Mid Rim---during the three-months of boredom before the crap had hit the fan, Lasso had had plenty of time to do some looking around. And although Jason wasn't one for clothing---far from it---he understood the need to be well-clothed. After all, you never knew when the Empire was going to ambush you on a top secret mission to ambush them and blow the frigate you were on apart with their own men still on it.

Lasso got up and opened his drawers and closet and looked through them both. Aside from his usual selection of civilian clothes and back-up pilot jumpsuits, the young mercenary had another set of clothing. He slowly put it on, knowing that their was meaning and significance to each piece.

First, came the desert-colored cargo pants, which were tucked into black military boots. Next came a black utility belt around the waist with a blaster belt added onto that which hung low and held a holster around the right outer thigh for Lasso's DL-44 heavy blaster pistol. His left outer thigh held a black scabbard that was attached to the blaster belt and which held a survival knife.

A black short-sleeve shirt covered his torso and was tucked into his waist; A silver watch was on his left wrist. Black fingerless tactical gloves were tucked into the left front of his belt with a white hand-held comlink was on the right front of his belt. Spare blaster packs for his blaster pistol were attached to his blaster belt.

Lasso looked like he was ready and as he was closing his closet door, his eyes caught something. It looked to be a traditional fighter pilot's black leather jacket, like the one given to the Mercs of the Asteroid One mission. Problem was, this couldn't be Lasso's jacket, since he had lost his jacket during the final stages of that battle.

With a puzzled look, Jason took the jacket out. It was a traditional long-sleeve black leather jacket with a pair of classic black aviator sunglasses attached to the hanger separately. The jacket itself had a patch on the left breast of the jacket, which was a smaller version of the larger patch on the back of the jacket. The right breast of the jacket held the wearer's rank and first initial of their first name and their full last name in all white bold letters. Under their rank and name was their call-sign in "" symbols in white bold lettering as well. For Jason, his call-sign said "QUAGMIRE". The left shoulder held the Old Jedi Order symbol, while the right shoulder held the Galactic Great Seal in white.

The back of the jacket had the Merc Symbol.

The "Merc Symbol" had a gray round background (with red edges along the round patch). Within that background was a muscular male human that wore red pants and a short-sleeve red shirt; over the pants came red padded thigh, knee, and shin armor. His feet were covered in tall black combat boots, while a red blaster belt was around his waist. A silver blaster and sword resistance armor covered his torso (leaving their arms exposed with the black body glove---like the body glove of Imperial Stormtroopers), while similar blaster and sword resistant silver armor covered their shoulders.

His head was covered by a silver helmet that was face fitting and had an open-face and an elongated back to cover the neck. A royal red cloak covered his torso and shoulder armor and pooled around his feet on the floor; the royal red cloak was draped loosely around the human figure and his armor, exposing the rifle grip and rear of a E-11 Blaster Rifle and several spare energy packs hidden under his cloak, with a Cortosis-made short sword (Gladius) was on the other side of the blaster belt, more fully exposed then the rifle grip and rear of the E-11 Blaster Rifle. Also on his blaster belt was a white hand-held comlink, while a black chorno-watch was on his wrist.

The human male was on his right knee, holding a Cortosis-made Force Pike in his right hand upright, with his left hand behind and holding a full-sized shield (Scutum) that was royal red in color with a silver center, and a set of stun cuffs at his feet and unlocked and opened.

Behind the kneeling human were two T-65 X-Wing startfighters that rose at an angel towards a invisible point above the human's helmeted head, with blue ion trials behind the rising startfighters. Just inside the background, at the top of the background above the human's head, was a title in red letting in a arch format that read THE MERCS with the title JOHNNY BOY / MERC FIGHTER-INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON on the bottom of the symbol, under the human figure's feet, in blue letting.

On the hanger was a note. It was from Captain Rick Taller. It read as follows:

To all starfighter pilots,

You are the "shooting fires across the stars". Be the "Guardians of the Stars".

For me. For your fellow Mercs. For family.

We are one. We are family. We are The Mercs.

- Capt. Rick Taller

Jason nodded acknowledgment to the small, yet powerful, note from his captain to all the Merc starfighter pilots. Taking the note, he folded it and put it into one of the inside pockets of the jacket. He then took the jacket off the hanger, put it on, and zipped it up three-fourths of the way; he then grabbed the black aviator sunglasses and let them hang just inside the crease of the V where the zipper of the jacket stopped.

Closing the closet, Lasso took a look in the mirror, was glad with the result, then headed out of his quarters. Despite his earlier and darker thoughts of revenge, the young mercenary was none-the-less hungry.

Very hungry.

Lasso was heading down the corridor when he spotted Kasumi leaving out of the Guest Quarters.

It was during this exchange of thoughts between himself and...himself, that Kasumi suddenly turned his direction. It was in that moment that Lasso was faced with a decision to make. Run or face Woman Who Is Hotter Then Hot.

Jason wondered if Super Hotness...err, Kasumi, could hear his heart-beat from where she stood. Because at that moment Jason was wondering if his heart was going to explode out of his chest.

Stay the three C's: calm, cool, and collective, and you'll be just fine. Jason coached himself.

Oh, yea right. Like calm, cool, and collective is going to work in front of Super Hotness---

Lasso's thought process was suddenly stopped when he extended a hand towards the young woman, "I'm Flight Lieutenant Jason Lasso. Kasumi, right? You know," Jason forked a thumb back the way she had came, "These guest quarters are for guests. For a woman of your breau---" Lasso caught himself three-fourths of the way through saying beauty, "---I mean stature---" Lasso's face became horrified with embarrassment when he noticed her height and his choice of words, "---Ah, sorry, I meant importance. I didn't mean to offend you or anything. You know, stature meaning importance to other people and events. Ah Hutt slime. I messed that up, didn't I? Well what I was trying to say was that since your on the roster now, you should be getting pilot quarters here soon. What starfighter you fly?"